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WACHA, Sir D[inshaw] E[dulji]. Shells from the Sands of Bombay: being my recollections and reminiscences - 1860-1875. [Bombay]. [K. T. Anklesaria], 1920. First edition. 8vo. [8], ix, [2], x-xxvii, 781pp, [3]. With 12 half-tone plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed and marked, several small worm-holes to boards, spine panel worn, dulled, and detached. Hinges exposed, endpapers browned, some marking to title page. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 17330

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WIENHOLT, Arnold, Dr.. Seven lectures on somnambulism. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xxxv, [1], 219pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's dark green buckram, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece dust-soiled. Half-title browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19733

[PINKERTON, John]. Select scotish ballads. London. Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1783. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. lxvi [i.e. lxvii], [1], 159, [1]; xli, [1], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards, joints starting. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, without FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32987

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JERNINGHAM, Hubert E. H. Russia's warnings: collected from official papers. London. Chapman & Hall, 1885. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 56pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Upper hinge partially exposed, contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32963

FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam. Portland, Maine. Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 12mo. xxxii, [2], 146pp, [2]. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green crushed morocco, T.E.G. Heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28512

AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood, a romance. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. [5], viii-xvii, [1], 344pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, small ink-stain to p.301, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32974

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O'SHEA, John Augustus. Romantic spain: A Record of Personal Experiences. London. Ward and Downey, 1887. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 311, [1]; ix, [1], 317pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, red cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title of Vol. II, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33044

[WINCHESTER COLLEGE]. Roll of Winchester College. Winchester. P. & G. Wells, 1915-1920 12mo. 16 editions bound as one. Contemporary gilt-tooled green cloth, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Original publisher's wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Occasional inked ownership inscriptions of C. C. Oman, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33075

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[COMMITTEE ON MADHOUSES IN ENGLAND]. Report, together with the minutes of evidence, and an appendix of papers, from the committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of Madhouses in England. London. Reprinted for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy...and R. Hunter, 1815. First edition. 8vo. [3], xii, 399pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Very lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18826

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IZACKE, Richard. Remarkable Antiquities of the city of exeter. Giving an Account Of the Laws and Customs of the Place, the Offices, Court of Judicature, Gates, Walls, Rivers, Churches, and Immunities: The Titles and Privileges of the several Incorporations: with their distinct Coats of Arms Engrav'd on Copper Plates... London. Printed for Edward Score, John March, and Nathaniel Thorne, 1723. 8vo. [2], iii, [1], 25, [26], 50-69, [1], 213pp, [67]. With an engraved frontispiece on the city's arms, a folding engraved view of the cathedral, and a folding engraved plan of the city. Recent half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Later inked ownership inscription to verso of title page, short tear to engraved plan at fold, naively repaired with tape to verso, ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32956

MASON, Major Kenneth. Records of the survey of india Vol. XXII. Exploration of the shaksgam valley and aghil ranges 1926. Dehra Dun. Published by order of Brigadier E. A. Tandy, R. E. Surveyor General of India. Printed at the Geodetic Branch Office, Survey of India, 1928. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 182pp. With a photogravure frontispiece, one further photogravure plate, 16 illustrations from photographs by the author on 13 plates, a line map, and a large heliozincographed map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of C. J. Price to recto of FFEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25060

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TRELAWNEY, E[dward] J[ohn]. Recollections of the last days of shelley and byron. London. Edward Moxon, 1858. First edition. 8vo. viii, 304pp. With a half-title, a lithographed portrait frontispiece, and a further three engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32496

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HORACE. Q. horatii flacci epistolae ad pisones, et augustum: with an english commentary and notes: to which are added critical dissertations. By the reverend mr. hurd. London. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: for T. Cadell, 1776. Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. In three volumes. xvi, 277, [1]; xix, [1], 247, [1]; [2], 265pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription to head of Vol. III title, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33072

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TERENCE. Publii terentii comoediae sex, Post optimas editiones emendatae. Accedunt Aelii Donati, Commentarius integer: Cum Selectis Guieti & Variorum notis, multo auctioribus, quam antehac. Indices, tertia sere parte locupletiores. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Lugd. Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Francisum Hackium, 1662. 8vo. [48], 864pp, [60]. With an engraved title page. Without two blank terminal leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled panelled calf. Without lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, boards held by cords only, corners exposed. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, latter half of text-block dampstained, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33005

ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. Second series. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. v, [3], 210, vi, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Ticket of Westerton's Library of London to FEP, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32991

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MERIVALE, John Herman. Poems original and translated. London. William Pickering, 1844. New and corrected edition. 8vo. xviii, [2], 347pp, [3]. Handsome Harrow School prize binding of contemporary calf richly tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers. Slightest of spotting to extremities. Marbled endpapers, prize bookplate of Harrow School to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15358

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BILLINGE, Charles. Poems on christian charity, contentment, and melancholy. Wolverhampton. Printed for the Author, by J. Smart, 1784. First edition. vi, [5], 12-88pp. ESTC T9681. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, and Oxford), and a further four in North America (Columbia, Harvard, Huntington, and Yale).

[Bound with:] POPE, Alexander. Messias. Idyllium sacrum. Per alexandrum pope, anglice conscriptum. Latine redditum. Wolverhampton. Typis, J. Smart, 1784. [4], 4-8, 4-8pp, [1]. Parallel English and Latin texts with duplicate pagination. ESTC T5691. ESTC ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19757

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HANNAH, Rev. John [editor]. Poems by sir henry wotton, sir walter raleigh, and others. London. William Pickering, 1845. First edition. 16mo. lxxv, [1], 136pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, Rubbed, heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J. T. Coleridge / Park Crescent / Febry. 2. 1856'. Armorial bookplate Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32927

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PLOWDEN, [Edmund]. Plowden's Quaeries: or, a Moot-Book Of Choice Cases, useful For the Young Students of the Common Law: Englished, Methodized, and Enlarged, By H. B. Esquire of Lincolns-Inne. London. Printed for Ch. Adams, J. Starkey, and Tho. Basset, 1662. 8vo. [16], 304pp. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25193

ST. PIERRE, Bernardin de. Paul et virginie. Paris. Chez Deterville, 1816. 8vo. [2], viii, 242pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33111